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A quarter of Jaguar Land Rover’s workers will down tools for two weeks later this month in the latest sign of a sales slowdown for the troubled car manufacturer.

The 10,000 workers at JLR’s Solihull plant will continue to receive pay during their time off but union bosses said the shutdown would come as “deeply troubling” news for staff.

The company has already cut 1,000 jobs this year and has moved some workers at its Castle Bromwich plant onto a three-day week until Christmas amid uncertainty over Brexit and a backlash against diesel cars.

It is also shifting production of its Land Rover Discovery model over to Slovakia and has reduced production of Land Rovers at its Halewood plant outside...